WHEREAS, the Borrower has advised the Lender that Fiduciary desires to make an additional loan in the original principal amount of $72,500,000 (the “Participation Loan Amount”) to The EP-00117 Funding Trust (the “Participation Loan”) pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement between Fiduciary and The EP-00117 Funding Trust dated as of the date hereof attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Participation Loan Agreement”), whereby (a) all of the proceeds of the Participation Loan will be used to pay off an equal portion of the Hatteras Loan and Fiduciary will sell a participation interest equal to 100% of the Participation Loan Amount to Franklin Funding, IA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Prosperity”) (the “Prosperity Participation”), pursuant to that certain Master Participation Agreement between Fiduciary and Prosperity dated as of the date hereof attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Participation Agreement”, and together with the funding of the Participation Loan, the entry into the Participation Loan Agreement, the Prosperity Participation, and the transactions contemplated thereby, the “Hatteras Participation Transaction”), (b) the Collective Collateral Trust forms the Participation Collateral Trust by contributing the applicable LT-SBI and the LT-BI to the Participation Collateral Trust, which will name The EP-00117 Funding Trust as beneficiary and holder of the mutual beneficial interest in Participation Collateral Trust, and (c) after giving effect to the Hatteras Participation Transaction, any distributions The EP-00117 Funding Trust receives will be applied to The EP-00117 Funding Trust’s obligations under the Hatteras Loan and the Participation Loan under the Participation Loan Agreement, and The EP-00117 Funding Trust’s interests in the Participation Collateral Trust be subject to a first priority lien ratably secured with respect to the Participation Loan and the Hatteras Loan (the “Participation Lien”) and;
WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Lender has agreed to consent to the Hatteras Participation Transaction and the Participation Lien;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms. All initially capitalized terms used herein (including the preamble and recitals hereof) without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.
2. Other Defined Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms when used in this Consent shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 2:
“Released Claims” means any and all actions, causes of action, judgments, executions, suits, debts, claims, demands, controversies, liabilities, obligations, damages and expenses of any and every character (whether known or unknown, liquidated or unliquidated, absolute or contingent, acknowledged or disputed, direct or indirect), at law or in equity, of whatsoever kind or nature (including claims of usury), whether heretofore or hereafter accruing, for or because of any matter or things done, omitted or suffered to be done by any of the Released Persons prior to and including the date hereof that in any way directly or indirectly arise out of or in any way are connected to (a) any of the Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default thereunder, (b) any negotiation, discussion, enforcement action, agreement or failure to agree related to any Loan Document or any Default or Event of Default thereunder, or (c) any action, event, occurrence, or omission otherwise related to the rights, duties, obligations and relationships among the Borrower and Lender.
“Released Persons” means Lender and its respective employees, agents, attorneys, officers, partners, shareholders, affiliates, accountants, consultants, and directors, and their respective successors and assigns.
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